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Adding some photos would help.
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1 hour ago, Stellaghost said:
fail, faIL FAIL....
GOD DAMN I DONT DO FAIL........lol
Regards Stephen
Technically it wouldn't be a fail just a re-think....
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I think the trailer is 2.7m....must measure that tonight.
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34 minutes ago, FridgeFreezer said:
If you can be bothered to drag it onto the club stand I'm all for it - we'll have the ambulance (LR camper van), Phil's roof tent (LR tent) and your van (LR caravan) - all three modes covered!
The tunnel might be a bit snug.
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In some respects it's almost a shame we will be parking it up at the campsite then disappearing for the whole day.
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1 hour ago, elbekko said:
Around the yard is a bit different than on the motorway
Getting the buggers moving is normally want causes the problems.
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13 minutes ago, steve b said:
Yep - Mike clearly has a designers eye. Very nice work.
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I can't take all the credit for design, the wife has played a major part in designing it. Many hours have been spent in front of her computer (I'm not safe to own a computer) hashing out the best layout and use of space. Then changing it all again because the box was the wrong size, hence the rear extension. The first trailer didn't work with wheel position and the second trailer ment the layout had to switch round again. A lot of people (our neighbours included
) couldn't grasp how this seemingly random pile of bits were going to become anything let alone a caravan. But we had a clear vision of how we wanted it to look and work, I think we've nailed the look hopefully it will work as well though we won't know this until the kitchen and shower areas are done.
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I'm planning to cut the rear cross member of the trailer off in line with the box and in half right the way across to tidy the back up a bit. I don't want to commit to that till I'm sure I don't need it for rear legs.
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Plywood infill fitted and bunk bases have first coat of varnish then I ran out of varnish.
And we may of taken it for a test tow.
Tows nicely even at a bit of speed.
Some minor niggles to sort before Thursday but nothing that will stop us going. Productive weekend.
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Wheel carrier fitted.
Due to the plan to use it next weekend I need to get a lid over the kitchen area so we don't fall down there in the middle of the night. I still had a little bit of insulated panel left so figured this will do nicely. Especially as we want to be able to leave the kitchen area open in winter but not loose heat from the rest of the trailer.
Just need a plywood infill between the panel and bunk top not sure if there's room to insulate the infill yet.
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Having had a persistent oil leak from the nearside hub seal, I figured I better fix it before towing the trailer to Silverstone. I replaced the hub seal before seven sisters hoping that would cure it but alas no. So hub off mass clean up, new stub axle including new seal, bearing etc in the back and new hub seal. Fingers crossed I've sorted it this time.
On top of this my radiator sprang a leak yesterday (I don't seem to have much luck with Ali radiator's) so broke out the rad @Stellaghost generously donated last time (didn't use it last time due to fitting clash which I've since sorted). Seeing as my dad popped round to give me a hand I pressed him into service switching the rad. Hopefully that's that sorted too.
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Lt77 takes ATF to don't forget.
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The insulated panels are now in position under the bed these will support the frame and insulate the kitchen area from the interior. I want to mount the spare wheel over the drawbar, since the wheels are lr stud pattern and I have two lr spare wheel carriers one is the stud type the other is the pressed steel type. The trailer wheels are quite a bit narrower so I either have a big gap behind the wheel or I cut the carrier down. The stud type is definitely the easiest one to cut down. I cut the welds on the back which allowed me to slide the studs back through the plate by 60mm. I re-welded the outside, cut the excess off and welded the other side to. A drop of paint and it's ready to fit.
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Where there's a will there's a Stephen. 🫣
I love this.
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I'd lay money it's a scam. Please send deposit.......etc
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It's a boat building term sorry. Some call it rebate some call it rabbet it mostly depends on how old you are or the guy that taught you was.
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Took the boards for the double bed to work so I could trim one down and extend all of them width ways. I've machined a rabbet in them to create a halving joint, I then glued it up with epoxy.
None of my clamps are long enough so weighted them down. Also glassed up the foamed joint on the insulated panels.
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Not even close. It does look like we'll have beds for Silverstone though.
Got two of the blinds fitted last night and this morning I foam filled the channel in two of the insulated panels (left by the joint of another panel that I removed) that I'm going to use to section off the kitchen area inside.
Trim back and glass tonight.
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Your alternator is likely to be 60-100 amps so that's a theoretical start point. Even if you add up all the current fuses on the wire you have in mind I suspect you'll go above 50 amps. Fridge freezer did a cable calc that might help.
https://fuddymuckers.co.uk/tools/cablecalc.html
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Both @TSD and @FridgeFreezer run overdrives. I'm fairly sure Dave is on his second and had stripped one when it failed though I'm not sure what make any of theirs are.
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Mark out the window position and drill the four corners.
Cut between them with a jigsaw and you have....
Test fit the window, then apply copious amounts of sikaflex. Fit and screw on inner frame.
Repeat three times.
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I've got some goldspar varnish for the interior wood work it's satin finish and goes on really nicely. Not the cheapest but we use it at work so I know it's good. The toilet area will have thin fibreglass panels to create essentially a wet room.
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Extra stiffening under the bunks to stop the ply moving so much.
Again some more re-purposed Ali.
Also sorted a lid for the seat.
Cleaned up the corner post so there's no sharp edge to catch you toe or knee on.
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Check the bulb in the ignition light if that's blown the exciter wire has no voltage so doesn't wake the alternator up.
You should be seeing up round 14v when running.
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Overland caravan build
in Modified Vehicle Builds & Special Projects
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We made it to Silverstone, it towed well though it is a bit of a wind break so I might re-visit some aero mods. Sleeping has worked perfectly, even the temporary toilet worked well.
Mike